more than the sum of its parts

more than the sum of its parts
greater/more/than the sum of its parts phrase
forming a better or stronger combination than you would expect from each of the individual parts

The movie has a simple story, but it’s greater than the sum of its parts.

Thesaurus: words used to describe mixtures and collectionshyponym to mix things, or to become mixedsynonym
Main entry: sum

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • more than the sum of its parts — more/greater than the sum of its parts ► more powerful, effective, etc. as a whole than you would think if you considered the different features or parts that it consists of: »The claimed logic of this latest merger is that the whole will be more …   Financial and business terms

  • (be) more than the sum of its parts — be greater/more than the ˌsum of its ˈparts idiom to be better or more effective as a group than you would think just by looking at the individual members of the group Main entry: ↑sumidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • more/greater than the sum of its parts — ► more powerful, effective, etc. as a whole than you would think if you considered the different features or parts that it consists of: »The claimed logic of this latest merger is that the whole will be more than the sum of the parts. Main Entry …   Financial and business terms

  • greater than the sum of its parts — greater/more/than the sum of its parts phrase forming a better or stronger combination than you would expect from each of the individual parts The movie has a simple story, but it’s greater than the sum of its parts. Thesaurus: words used to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • greater than the sum of its parts — more/greater than the sum of its parts ► more powerful, effective, etc. as a whole than you would think if you considered the different features or parts that it consists of: »The claimed logic of this latest merger is that the whole will be more …   Financial and business terms

  • (be) greater than the sum of its parts — be greater/more than the ˌsum of its ˈparts idiom to be better or more effective as a group than you would think just by looking at the individual members of the group Main entry: ↑sumidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • sum of its parts — see ↑sum, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑part sum of its parts ◇ Something that is greater/better/more than the sum of its parts is better or more effective as a team, combination, etc., than you would expect it to be when you look at the different parts… …   Useful english dictionary

  • The World Ends with You — Left to right, Joshua, Neku, Beat (above), Shiki, and Rhyme Developer(s) Square Enix Jupiter …   Wikipedia

  • sum — [[t]sʌ̱m[/t]] ♦♦♦ sums, summing, summed 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A sum of money is an amount of money. Large sums of money were lost... Even the relatively modest sum of ₤50,000 now seems beyond his reach. 2) N COUNT A sum is a simple calculation… …   English dictionary

  • sum — 1 /sVm/ noun 1 MONEY (C) an amount of money: a large/small sum (of): Sid was left a large sum of money by his aunt. | for the sum of: It was mine for the sum of 20. see also: lump sum, princely sum princely (1) 2 the sum of the total produced… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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